Patents by Inventor Chikara MIYAKE

Chikara MIYAKE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11549092
    Abstract: A cell evaluation device includes: a porous membrane having a first main face and a second main face; a first passage having a first passage portion facing a first area on which cells are placed in the first main face of the porous membrane; a second passage having a second passage portion facing a second area in the second main face of the porous membrane, the second area being positioned backside of the first area; and a first electrode provided in the first passage portion and a second electrode provided in the second passage portion, the first electrode and the second electrode being positioned across the first area and the second area. In the cell evaluation device, tight junctions are formed among the cells by cell cultivation. With the cell evaluation device, any increase in the electric resistance occurring due to the formation of the tight junctions can be easily measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Shimadzu Corporation, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yoichi Fujiyama, Chikara Miyake, Yoh-ichi Tagawa
  • Patent number: 11142735
    Abstract: To provide a cell treatment container, including: a first member having a flow path in which a cell suspension including a liquid and cells dispersed in the liquid flows through, the flow path formed on a surface of the first member; a second member arranged to face the surface of the first member; and a damming formed in one or both of the first member and the second member, in which the damming is provided with a protrusion part protruding from the first member into the flow path to form a gap for allowing the liquid in the cell suspension to pass through the gap and for damming up the cells in the cell suspension, and a pillar extending from the protrusion part at a first end and being joined to the second member at a second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Chikara Miyake, Masaki Kanai, Yoichi Fujiyama, Satoshi Kuramoto
  • Publication number: 20200224138
    Abstract: To provide a cell treatment container, including: a first member having a flow path in which a cell suspension including a liquid and cells dispersed in the liquid flows through, the flow path formed on a surface of the first member; a second member arranged to face the surface of the first member; and a damming formed in one or both of the first member and the second member, in which the damming is provided with a protrusion part protruding from the first member into the flow path to form a gap for allowing the liquid in the cell suspension to pass through the gap and for damming up the cells in the cell suspension, and a pillar extending from the protrusion part at a first end and being joined to the second member at a second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Chikara MIYAKE, Masaki KANAI, Yoichi FUJIYAMA, Satoshi KURAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200157485
    Abstract: A cell evaluation device includes: a porous membrane having a first main face and a second main face; a first passage having a first passage portion facing a first area on which cells are placed in the first main face of the porous membrane; a second passage having a second passage portion facing a second area in the second main face of the porous membrane, the second area being positioned backside of the first area; and a first electrode provided in the first passage portion and a second electrode provided in the second passage portion, the first electrode and the second electrode being positioned across the first area and the second area. In the cell evaluation device, tight junctions are formed among the cells by cell cultivation. With the cell evaluation device, any increase in the electric resistance occurring due to the formation of the tight junctions can be easily measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Yoichi FUJIYAMA, Chikara MIYAKE, Yoh-ichi TAGAWA